William...

 

... the Thinker. That is seriously what this pose makes me think of. William is often doing this pose.

Freeze frame!

 

Strike a pose! That is seriously what this picture makes me think of - some 1980's dance poses. This was just a fun picture of them sleeping.

Let's play the guess what this is...then we can play guess who did it!

 
This is a whole that has been in our wall - well for a long time now. I guess my boys felt like mom and dad were not taking this need seriously enough.

Twins baby blessing

 

It was a beautiful (hey, I am a mom what did you think I would say?) day. The twins are still sleeping a lot. Here are some pictures from that day. Rosi is wearing AnnaLisa's blessing dress that G'ma Park made by hand (including all that "smocking" - gathered up part on the bodice of the dress). AnnaLisa was excited to let Rosi wear her dress. William is in the Tux that my mom made for our boys. He looks a bit like a drunken sailor in some of these pictures. Poor William is too skinny for the pants , so they had a hard time staying on(humourously Andrew and JJ were so big, they were blessed at around 3 months of age that they barely fit in).

What to do?

Wow, it has been so long since this question has been thought, let alone asked. Today with the kids gone, I have wondered that. I take naps all the time (I never get to sleep more than two and a half hours at a time, although I get lots of opportunities sleeping with the twins), so that does not sound inviting. Eating is along the same parameters, I eat all the time, so can't use that to fill unfilled time. I got to sit and watch TV for a bit tonight, but I just have not had to figure out what to do with my time for so long, I am not sure I can anymore. Mostly I sat around and chatted with G'ma while taking care of the babies.

Quietest day in my life...

Well, Jeff left this morning to head out on a 18 hour drive to the family reunion. I stayed at home with G'ma and the twins. They left almost 9 hours ago. So what does a day like this look like? No kids to get off to school before the bus comes, no piano lessons, no Sesame Street, no son to get ready before the pre-school bus comes, no toddler to put to nap, and the list goes on. What seems to stand out the most for me, no noise. OK, occasionally we have a infant crying, but that usually lasts a minute or two, but there is a distinct absence of the dull roar of kids playing, eating, crying, etc.

It is a very nice treat to have a quiet day at home. I enjoy the serenity of pondering things I want to think of instead of trying to plan out "world peace - even if it is just the Park family's world". Where I do not have to remind the children that we are using inside voices, to use good manners, getting along means sharing too, etc.

I am trying to appreciate what I have for where I am in my life, no matter what that is. For today, this means appreciating the quiet - although I may have to turn on the TV, and possibly the blender, to be able to fall asleep tonight.